Wage dispersion in Italy. An exploration based on linked employer-employee data

Abstract

This article analyzes wage dispersion in a sample of Italian firms, by taking advantage of a unique Linked Employer-Employee dataset (LEED) merging four data sources from the National Institute of Statistics. An in-depth descriptive analysis conveys that knowledge-intensive services record the highest within- and between-firms wage dispersion in the sample. Regression-based results show that innovation does not drive up inequality in large companies. However, it can contribute to enlarge the within-firm wage dispersion as well as the wage gap across small firms.

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Analisi econometrica, Disuguaglianza salariale, Imprese

Citation

Bisio L., Cirillo V., Lucchese M. (2023), Wage dispersion in Italy. An exploration based on linked employer-employee data, Sinappsi, XIII, n.2, pp.110-127 <https://oa.inapp.org/xmlui/handle/20.500.12916/4059>

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